Reference Community: Duffy’s Forest EEC, Eastern Ridgetop Variant & Duffy’s Forest EEC Eastern Hillslope Variant
Equilibrium acknowledges that these reference community sites are on Garigal Land. We pay our respects.
Site: Site A - Tumbledown Dick Hill, Terrey Hills (Ridgetop)
Site B - Top of Caleyi Trail, Ingleside (Hillslope)
Soil landscape: Somersby - gently undulating to rolling rises in deeply weathered Hawkesbury Sandstone plateau. Rock outcrop is absent. Crests are broad and convex, valleys are narrow and concave. Characterised by significant presence of Red Earths and Yellow Earths.
Aspect: Site A- North-facing
Site B - South-East facing
Vegetation type: Dry sclerophyll forest was present in both Site A and Site B, though site B became taller, mesic forest furthern down the hillslope.
Flora:
Native taxa present or previously recorded:
Canopy
Acacia parramattensis (Parramatta Wattle)
Angophora costata (Smooth-barked Apple)
Banksia serrata (Saw Banksia)
Corymbia gummifera (Red Bloodwood)
Eucalyptus capitellata (Brown Stringybark)
Eucalyptus haemastoma (Broad-leaved Scribbly Gum)
Eucalyptus sieberi (Black Ash)
Eucalyptus umbra (Broad-leaved White Mahogany)
Mid-storey
Acacia myrtifolia (Myrtle Wattle)
Acacia suaveolens (Sweet Wattle)
Acacia ulicifolia (Hedge Wattle)
Banksia ericifolia (Heath Banksia)
Banksia marginata (Silver Banksia)
Banksia spinulosa (Hairpin Banksia)
Boronia ledifolia (Showy Boronia)
Breynia oblongifolia (Coffee Bush)
Ceratopetalum gummiferum (NSW Christmas Bush)
Dodonaea triquetra (Large-leaf Hop Bush)
Grevillea buxifolia (Grey Spider Flower)
Grevillea caleyi (Caley's Grevillea)
Grevillea linearifolia (Linear-leaf Grevillea)
Grevillea sericea (Pink Spider Flower)
Hakea dactyloides (Broad-leaf Hakea)
Hakea gibbosa (Needle Bush)
Hakea sericea (Needle Bush)
Kunzea ambigua (White Kunzea)
Lambertia formosa (Mountain Devil)
Lasiopetalum ferrugineum (Rusty Petal)
Leptospermum polygalifolium (Tantoon)
Persoonia pinifolia (Pine-leaf Geebung)
Persoonia levis (Broad-leaved Geebung)
Petrophile pulchella (Conesticks)
Polyscias sambucifolia (Elderberry Panax)
Prostanthera denticulata (Rough Mint Bush)
Lomatia salicifolia (Willow-leaf Lomatia)
Telopea speciosissima (Waratah)
Xylomelum pyriforme (Woody Pear)
Zieria smithii (Sandfly Zieria)
Vines and Scramblers
Billardiera scandens (Apple Berry)
Eustrephus latifolius (Wombat Berry)
Hardenbergia violacea (Happy Wanderer)
Marsdenia rostrata (Common Milk Vine)
Smilax glyciphylla (Sweet Sarsaparilla)
Groundcover (Herbs, Grasses, and Sedges)
Acacia floribunda (Sally Wattle)
Amperea xiphoclada var. xiphoclada (Broom Spurge)
Anisopogon avenaceus (Oat-spear Grass)
Astrotricha floccosa (Woolly Star Hair)
Austrostipa pubescens (Feather-head Spear Grass)
Bossiaea obcordata (Bossiaea)
Brunoniella pumilio (Dwarf Blue-eyes)
Calochilus sp. (Beard Orchid species)
Comesperma ericinum (Heath Milkwort)
Cyathochaeta diandra (Sedge)
Dampiera stricta (Blue Dampiera)
Dianella caerulea (Blue Flax-lily)
Dianella prunina (Plum Lily)
Dillwynia retorta (Heathy Parrot-pea)
Entolasia marginata (Bordered Panic)
Entolasia stricta (Erect Panic)
Epacris pulchella (Wallum Heath)
Gahnia clarkei (Tall Saw-sedge)
Gompholobium grandiflorum (Large-flower Wedge-pea)
Gonocarpus teucrioides (Forest Raspwort)
Hibbertia bracteata (Hibbertia)
Hovea linearis (Narrow-leaf Hovea)
Lepidosperma laterale (Broad-leaf Rapier-sedge)
Lobelia purpurascens (White Root)
Lomandra glauca (Grass Mat-rush)
Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush)
Lomandra multiflora (Many-flowered Mat-rush)
Lomandra obliqua (Twisted Mat-rush)
Micranthemum ericoides (Ericoid Microtis)
Opercularia aspera (Rough Stinkweed)
Patersonia glabrata (Leafy Purple Flag)
Patersonia sericea (Silky Purple Flag)
Phyllanthus hirtellus (Thyme Spurge)
Pimelea linifolia (Rice Flower)
Platysace linearifolia (Carrot Seed)
Pultenaea daphnoides (Large-leaf Bush-pea)
Pultenaea elliptica (Ellis' Pultenaea)
Pultenaea flexilis (Graceful Bush-pea)
Pultenaea polifolia (Pultenaea)
Pultenaea stipularis (Rusty Bush-pea)
Rhytidosperma procumbens (Tussock Grass)
Tetrarrhena juncea (Forest Wiregrass)
Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass)
Xanthorrhoea media (Grass Tree)
Xanthosia tridentata (Southern Cross)
Ferns, Cycads, Orchids and Conifers
Gleichenia dicarpa (Pouched Coral Fern)
Lindsaea linearis (Screw Fern)
Lindsaea microphylla (Lacy Wedge Fern)
Pteridium esculentum (Bracken Fern)
Additional native taxa known to occur in Bilgola Plateau’s Duffy’s Forest EEC
Acacia parramattensis
Acacia suaveolens
Angophora costata
Breynia oblongifolia
Brunoniella pumilio
Entolasia marginata
Eucalyptus umbra
Eustrephus latifolius
Hakea dactyloides
Hardenbergia violacea
Leptospermum polygalifolium
Lobelia purpurascens
Marsdenia rostrata
Polyscias sambucifolia ssp. long leaflets
Zieria smithii
Additional native taxa expected to have occurred in Bilgola Plateau’s Duffy’s Forest EEC
Acacia ulicifolia
Allocasuarina littoralis
Austrostipa pubescens
Bossiaea obcordata
Cyathochaeta diandra
Dampiera stricta
Dillwynia retorta
Epacris pulchella
Gompholobium grandiflorum
Hovea linearis
Kunzea ambigua
Lindsaea microphylla
Persoonia pinifolia
Petrophile pulchella
Tetrarrhena juncea
Xanthorrhoea media
Xanthosia tridentata
Caley’s Grevillea (Grevillea caleyi) in flower
Woody Pear (Xylomelum pyriforme) in the background
A grassy under-storey with dappled light coming through the open canopy
Red Waratah (Telopea speciossimia)
A Hibbertia (Hibbertia bracteata) with Devil’s Twine (Cassytha glabella)
Pink Spider Flower (Grevillea sericea)
A Duffy’s Forest ridgetop woodland vegetation community
Blue Lomandra (Lomandra glauca)
Long-Leaf Smoke Bush (Conospermum longifolium)
Mountain Devil (Lambertia formosa) just about to flower
Red Spider Flower (Grevillea speciosa)
Heath Milkwort (Comesperma ericinum)
A Duffy’s Forest Hillslope vegetation community
Another Milkwort in flower (Comesperma volubile), though this time twining.
A Coral Fern (Gleichenia dicarpa)
Rusty Petals (Lasiopetalum ferrugineum)
Fuchsia Heath (Epacris longiflora) flowering from the edge of the path.